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Elon Musk pulls plug on paying for X factchecks
30Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk pulls plug on paying for X factchecks

[ad_1] Elon Musk has said that corrections to posts on X would no longer be eligible for payment as the social network comes under mounting criticism as becoming a conduit for misinformation. In the year since taking over Twitter, now rebranded as X, Musk has gutted content moderation, restored accounts of previously banned extremists, and allowed users to purchase account verification, helping them profit from viral -- but often inaccurate -- posts.Musk has instead promoted Community Notes, in which X users police the platform, as a tool to combat misinformation. But on Sunday, Musk tweeted a modification in how Community Notes works. "Making a slight change to creator monetization: Any posts that are corrected by @CommunityNotes become ineligible for revenue share," he wrote."The idea...
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Elon Musk incentivises ‘accuracy over sensationalism’ on X, changes creator monetization system
29Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk incentivises ‘accuracy over sensationalism’ on X, changes creator monetization system

[ad_1] In yet another roll out of a massive change on X platform that can have far-reaching consequences for users and, as usual, without warning, X owner Elon Musk says he is, "Making a slight change to creator monetization." By now that is familiar territory for Musk who has made it a habit of springing surprises on X users that they are not really expecting or have not been informed about beforehand.X users were made aware of today's changes without much fanfare, by Musk through yet another simple tweet that said, "Any posts that are corrected by @CommunityNotes become ineligible for revenue share." Elon Muk changes creator monetization policyHe goes on to explain the reason in quite a succinct manner, "The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism." Musk has...
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Elon Musk’s X launches two new subscription tiers; Know the prices and benefits
28Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s X launches two new subscription tiers; Know the prices and benefits

[ad_1] Last night, X (formerly Twitter) finally launched two more subscription tiers to the paid version of its platform, known as the X Premium subscription. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform now has a Basic, Premium, and Premium Plus tier for those who want to access features such as editing a post, posting longer posts, and background video playing. Every tier unlocks some tier-specific benefits, and the most expensive plan, Premium Plus, unlocks all the features, and on top of that removes all ads and gives the user the “largest boost for your replies”. Let us take a look at the tiers, their price, and what they offer.The official X account of the Premium service posted about the new tiers yesterday, and said, “introducing Premium: no ads in For You or Following, largest boo...
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A year after Musk’s Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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A year after Musk’s Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil

[ad_1] A year ago Elon Musk purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, taking the platform on a journey that has resulted in lost money, advertisers and trust. Musk closed the $44 billion deal on October 27, 2022, facing a lawsuit that held him to terms of purchase he was keen to escape. Here is a look back at Musk's first year as owner of the platform. - Family feeling gone -In the days after his purchase, Musk quickly fired executives who had been running Twitter and took the publicly traded company private. He also laid off most of the San Francisco-based company's workers, cutting ranks to fewer than 1,500 from 8,000. Twitter employees were asked to commit unconditionally to their jobs and forego any notion of telecommuting. Former project manager Esther Crawford, who wrote online ab...
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Elon Musk teases audio and video calls at X
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk teases audio and video calls at X

[ad_1] X is tinkering with video and audio calling at the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to a post Wednesday by owner Elon Musk."Early version of video and audio calling on X," Musk wrote in a post that contained a screen capture showing how to turn the feature on in the platform's settings. The screen capture showed options of enabling voice and audio calls to those in a user's address book, all verified users, and to people they "follow" at the service. However, multiple users responded to Musk's post saying they did not see the feature in their app, which was also not visible in a version tested by AFP.The tycoon announced in August that voice and video calls were in the works at X in what was seen as a step towards turning the former Twitter into an "everything app."T...
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No Wonder Elon Musk Is Now Attacking Wikipedia
25Oct By adminNo Comments
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No Wonder Elon Musk Is Now Attacking Wikipedia

[ad_1] Not content with trashing one treasured website this year, Elon Musk has turned his sights on another: Wikipedia, the crowdsourced encyclopedia founded in 1999 that has come to represent the very best of what the internet has to offer. The world's richest person and owner of X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, seems to have been rattled by a report published by Newsguard, a company that rates the trustworthiness of information sources. Late last week it offered some troubling statistics around misinformation on X pertaining to the Israel-Hamas conflict almost a year after Musk bought the website for $44 billion. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is an advisor to Newsguard.  “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?” Musk wrote Sunday o...
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Instagram is testing a new feature that lets you see a Meta verified-only feed
24Oct By adminNo Comments
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Instagram is testing a new feature that lets you see a Meta verified-only feed

[ad_1] 2023 seems to be the year of premium subscriptions in the social media space. Shortly after Elon Musk owned X (formerly Twitter) came out with paid verification through its X Premium subscription, Meta also introduced the Meta-verified program. But unlike X, these premium Meta users who shell out $11.99 on the web or $14.99 in iOS and Android apps, do not have many exclusive features to themselves. It appears that Meta is starting to change that and one of its efforts is the new feature Instagram is testing where it will offer a verified-only feed to give more visibility to businesses and creators.Adam Mosseri revealed this new feature on his IG Updates broadcast channel on Instagram. He said, “We're testing a way for people to explore their Instagram feed and reels by toggling t...
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Elon Musk to block X in EU just to avoid fixing the misinformation problem?
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk to block X in EU just to avoid fixing the misinformation problem?

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk has gained a reputation for ruling X (formerly Twitter) with an iron fist. Ever since he took over, he has ordered massive layoffs, changed the company name and logo, changed how blue ticks work, and is now heavily pushing the X Premium Subscriptions to its user base. Not all decisions made by him have proven to be popular, but Musk continues to dominate the headlines with his often quirky decisions that are implemented post haste. However, a new report has claimed what could be the most controversial decision by the billionaire. It appears that Musk might block X in Europe.According to a report by Business Insider, Musk has suggested that X could stop being accessible in Europe over the compliance pressure from the EU's Digital Services Act, a new regulatio...
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After Elon Musk posts video on X, fact-checker calls it misleading
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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After Elon Musk posts video on X, fact-checker calls it misleading

[ad_1] Many experts have criticized X (formerly Twitter) for letting misinformation spread on its platform in the past. But a new low for the platform came on Thursday, October 19, when a fact-checking website found that the owner of the platform, Elon Musk, was spreading misinformation through one of his posts on X. The post in question is a video that had a series of screenshots of news headlines where the efficacy of various COVID-19 vaccines was shown to decline in order of percentage. The fact-checker called it misleading and missing context. Interestingly, Musk has been vocal on the platform against the social and government-based pressure of getting the vaccine. The AFP fact-checker posted a detailed breakdown of the video and said, “A video shared by Elon Musk stitches together ...
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